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Farming & the land, 1906

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 2

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. report:—Again a quiet week must be reported in the local market. Most of the buyers were absent at the Brisbane sales on Friday last. There is a disquieting…

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The Wool Sales [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 2

The colonial wool sales opened to-day, but the business was quiet, with prices at from to 5 percent. decline on previous series…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 2

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 30th June :— Very little business has been transacted in the local wool market during the past…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 5

At the wool sales last evening competition for merinos and greasy crossbreds was strong at opening rates; crossbred slipes and scoured were ½d to 1d below May rates…

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The Wool Market. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 3

AT the wool sales yesterday, the offerings were a very poor selection, and included 2183 bales of Punta Arenas wool and 1182 bales water damaged…

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Our Pastoral Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 10

Very few people who live in the towns and cities of Australia have anything like a true idea of the immense value to the State of the pastoral industry. As a matter of fact there…

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Big Sheep Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 4

Messrs. Lowcock, Broughton and King, stock and property salesmen, Tamworth and Gannedah report having just completed the sale by private treaty of 1350 fat bullocks in one line at a satisfactory price,…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 3

At the wool sales yesterday, Buxton. Ronald, and Co., Jacomb, Son, and Company, Charles Balme and Co., and Benjamin Hoare and Company offered 10,040 bales. The…

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The Wool Markets. Interesting Statistics

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 9

The following summary of annual wool statistics for season from July 1, 1905, to June 30, 1906, has been compiled by Dalgety and Company, Limited: Sales of wool in the Australian markets for the…

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The Pig on the Dairy Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 13

Although Australian dairying is making gratifying progress, it would be a mistake to regard it as being upon a permanent basis until it is adequately associated with the…

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Sir Wm. Lyne and the Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 7

Mr. Watson, it is said, has not yet recovered from the strain of office (says "Ithu[?] in the "Australasian"). He only comes in occasionally to give directions. That…

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Dairy Bull for Wollombi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 4

We are informed that Mr. C. H. Lynch has purchased a beautiful young pure-bred milking Durham bull, bred at the Government Stud Farm. The animal was untrucked at Farley this week, and…

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Cadet Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 3

In pursuance of the scheme initiated by the Immigration League for training city boys for farming pursuits, Dr. Arthur, M.L.A. (president of the league)…

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The Farm and Garden. [?]Lasses for Animals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 13

During the last seven years (says a writer in the New York "Country Gentleman") I kept from 40 to 50 truck horses, weighing from 1300lb. to 1700lb. each. I had made…

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Butter Adulteration

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 5

The report of the select committee on butter adulteration has been published. This forecast of the report cabled on July 1[?] is borne out. The committee is of opinion…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 5

I Prices were unchanged at the sales yesterday. Scoured wools were somewhat slow, but for greasy wools there was keen competition. Prices were:—Shield, 11[?]d:…

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 3

The colour of butter is first an inherent characteristic of the individual cow and [?] (says H. E. Van Norman in the "Rural New Yorker."). A large…

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Farm Training

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 July 1906 · page 3

The proposal which Dr. Arthur has been so strenuously advocating for affording city youths some training at the Pitt Town and…

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Sydney Wool Markets. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 6

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. report:—The past week has been one of the slackest, and the position is due the besitaney of buyers on account of the London sales now preceding, and coupled with this…

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